U.S. Population Growth Tilts Toward Asians

Paul Overberg, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Slowing Hispanic immigration and birth rates are shifting the USA’s growth toward Asians, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. For the second...

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Google Shows of Android Auto, Wearables

Barbara Ortutay, ASSOCIATED PRESS   SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some 1 billion people are now using Android devices, Google said as the company kicked off its two-day developer...

Soccer’s Bad Boy Bites Opponent at World Cup

Jim Vertuno, ASSOCIATED PRESS   NATAL, Brazil (AP) — Biting opponents, racist comments — all that looked to be behind Luis Suarez, as soccer’s bad boy was maturing into...

Serena Williams Eases into Wimbledon 2nd Round

LONDON (AP) — Five-time champion Serena Williams made light work of Anna Tatishvili, beating the fellow American 6-1, 6-2 to reach the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Williams,...

Brown, Hogan Win Gubernatorial Nominations; Democrat Frosh Wins Attorney General Contest

John Wagner and Jenna Johnson, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown cruised past his two rivals in Maryland’s bitter Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday,...

Woods Says He’s Ahead of Schedule and without Pain

Doug Ferguson, ASSOCIATED PRESS   BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — About two dozen photographers lined up in a row on the range Tuesday at Congressional, a reminder...

Martin Luther King Jr., Wife Honored with Medal

Connor Radnovich, ASSOCIATED PRESS   WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act on Tuesday by posthumously bestowing the Congressional...

Continuing the Work of Freedom Summer

By Hollis Watkins Special to the Afro (The Afro)—Racism is still alive and well in Mississippi and throughout this country just as it was in the...